Sunday, June 26, 2005

BLACK FOREST CAKE

Ingredients

Chocolate cake1 cup tinned cherriesDark milk chocolate - one big bar

Icing300gm cream (2 cups )5tbsp powdered sugar1tsp vanilla essence

Procedure

1) First prepare basic chocolate cake (refer to my previous post)2) To prepare flakes freeze the chocolate bar and when its hard grate it with a grater into flakes then put it back for freezing . Use apna good old Cadbury with out those nuts or raisins ,Hershey’s plain bars should also be good3) For the icing take chilled cream & add sugar &essence. Beat the cream lightly take care not to over beat it other wise it will become liquidy. Refrigerate it4) Deseed the cherries and keep aside5) Cut the cake from the middle and keep the two pieces separately6) Take cherry syrup and soak the two halves7) Next spread the icing mixture on both the pieces8) Arrange cherries on the lower piece and place the upper piece over it9) Cover the cake completely with cream10) Take some of the cream (which is refrigerated) and with the help of a piping bag (its ok if u don’t have a piping bag u can take a piece of plastic and cut the center , I use a syringe yes u heard it right a injection wala syringe with out a needle for the same ) Make a border of small twirls around the cake an place cherries on top of each swirl11) Finally the chocolate flakes should be put generously on the cake covering all the sides .12)Serve chilled and impress someone or maybe yourself

i want black forest cake now!! gr8 yaar.....i know i havent been here for some time but been thru ur prev posts and truly remarkable the effort u put in and the standard u maintain........gr8 place!!!! keep it up and keep all our mouths watering........TC